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Support the World Social Forum!
The costs of organizing an undertaking as massive as the WSF are high. The World Social Forum is supported by a large number of institutions and individuals, including state and municipal governments and agencies, the private sector, unions, non-governmental organizations, solidarity groups and local, national and international foundations. By far the largest part of the overall costs of the forum are provided by participants, who raise and then cover the costs of their own airfares, lodging, food and local transport.
The approximate cash amount needed each year is in the range of $2.8 million. Of this, a little over one-third is expected to come in 2007 from participant registration fees and related services. European foundations, church organizations, NGO networks and other social donor organizations are expected to raise $1.5 million, while WSF organizers hope to raise approximately $500,000 in North America.
If past years provide a reference, while some of this amount will need to come through medium- and large-sized grants from a small number of U.S. foundations, most of the support from the U.S. will come from smaller grants and donors, in increments as low as $3,000, $5,000 or $10,000. Even such relatively small contributions have helped enormously, as each dollar contributed to the organizing process behind the WSF helps to ensure a deeper experience for participating organizations. Having enough money eases the logistics of setting up workshops, assuring translation, transportation and housing, supporting the disabled, and producing adequate materials.
If you would like to support the World Social Forum, a comprehensive grant proposal is available from the WSF, and can be obtained from FNTG as well.
Grants or check contributions can also be provided through Tides Foundation:
World Social Forum/Tides Foundation
P.O. Box 29903
San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
For questions regarding payment logistics, please contact
Jane Lin, Philanthropic Advisor
415-561-7810
jlin (at)tides.org.
Funders are also often interested in supporting the participation of grantees or of other civil society organizations in the Forum. Travel and related costs for the tens of thousands of delegates and participants from the U.S. and around the world is decentralized, and funders can support grantees or groups of grantees directly.
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